Gentian

Gentian is a non-scientific common name that may refer to a number of plant species and varieties.

Historical Use of Gentian

Historical Use of Gentian in Western Medicine

Quote Paraph: "Guainerius stated that the ancients had discovered that many of the following herbs were beneficial: mistletoe, cinquefoil, peony root, peony-seed, gentian, Syrian rue, sparrow wort, castor-bean, seed of the chastity tree, mountain laurel, borage, root of the aristolochia rotunda, pirethrum, bettony seed, caraway, physalis, pennyroyal, rosemary, rue, sage, stiche, thyme, and hair moss."
Sec Auth: Eadie MJ and Bladin PF
Title: A Disease Once Sacred. John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001
Page: 180
Source: A Disease Once Sacred, John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001, M.J. Eadie and P.F. Bladin
Complete: Eadie MJ, Bladin PF. A disease once sacred: a history of the medical understanding of epilepsy. Eastleigh: John Libbey; 2001. p. 180.
Primary Source: Lennox WG. Antonius Guainerius on epilepsy. Annals of Medical History 2:484-499. 1940.

Evidence or the Use of Gentian in the Treatment of Epilepesy

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Jing Li, Lijuan Gao, Kaiyue Sun, Dan Xiao, Wanyi Li, Lan Xiang, Jianhua Qi
Benzoate fraction from Gentiana rigescens Franch alleviates scopolamine-induced impaired memory in mice model in vivo.
J Ethnopharmacol: 2016, 193;107-116
[PubMed:27492328] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Mustafa Aslan, Didem Delioman Orhan, Nilufer Orhan
Effect of Gentiana olivieri on experimental epilepsy models.
Pharmacogn Mag: 2011, 7(28);344-9
[PubMed:22262939] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

A CORTES, V CARDENAS, H GOMEZ
[TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS]. [NECROLISIS EPIDERMICA TOXICA.]
Dermatol Trop Ecol Geogr: 1964, 30;152-6
[PubMed:14230954] (P p)